MUSEUM HOURS

R: Jem Cohen

Johann, a guard at the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum encounters Anne, a visitor called to Vienna because of a medical emergency. Never having been to Austria and with little money, she wanders the city in limbo, taking the museum as her refuge. Johann, initially wary, offers help, and they’re drawn into each other’s worlds. Their meetings spark an unexpected series of explorations – of their own lives and the life of the city, and of the way artworks can reflect and shape daily experience. „Life! Love! Art! MUSEUM HOURS is about all that and more. Perceptive, full of humor and kindness.”

Austria/USA 2012; Director & Writer: Jem Cohen; Director of Photography: Jem Cohen, Peter Roehsler; Cast: Mary Margaret O’Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits and others; (DCP; 107min; Original Version, German language, English subtitled).